MEPOL offers various services, including workforce training, marketing and advice on improving process efficiency.

HELPING HAND: MEPOL helped Byron Stephens’ Lafayette manufacturing company with research and development. (Photo...

What the new Medicaid paradigm might mean for Louisiana

(AP Photo: Gov. John Bel Edwards signs an executive order announcing Louisiana's intention to...

What will it take to make the Baton Rouge Health District happen?

(Rendering courtesy the Baton Rouge Area Foundation: The Baton Rouge Health District imagined.) Some health...

Four former Capital Region economic development professionals who have moved on share their newfound insights

In the economic development field, people move around a lot, and new locations can...

Can a new collaborative get buy-in on a sustainable strategy for Louisiana’s colleges and universities?

(Photography by Brian Baiamonte: Joe Rallo) The academic, business and nonprofit representatives assembled to discuss...

Will charters, vouchers, Common Core and John White survive the new administration?

(Photography by The Associated Press: Louisiana Schools Superintendent John White) There are several new faces...

A conversation with John Spain on the Baton Rouge Health District

(Photography by Collin Richie: John Spain) The Bluebonnet Boulevard/Essen Lane medical corridor is a disjointed,...

A conversation with Kathy Edmonston on the fight against Common Core

(Photography by Collin Richie: Kathy Edmonston) The recent Board of Elementary and Secondary Education elections...

A conversation with Steve Buttry and Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez on an uncertain future for ‘The Daily Reveille’

(Photography by Collin Richie: Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez) Like every other media organization on the planet, LSU’s...

Investors should consider higher interest rates very carefully in 2016

On Dec. 4, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the economy had added...